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Zorkos Beach STAY
Kalyvári
Varidi
Ágios Ágios Symeon
Ioannis Eleni Mansion
Mermigkies This Neo-Classical
house in Ándros town is
Áno Gávrio Ándr o s full of period charm,
Varsamiá Aténi
Gávrio Ágios Pétros with painted ceilings.
Fellós
Beach Zoödóhou ⌂ Andréa Empiríkou
Pigís ∑ archontikoeleni.gr
Batsí Káto Steniés
Katákilos Arnás Giália Beach ¡¡¡
Delavógias Apíkia
Beach Ándros
Rafína
Lamyra Town Paradise Art Hotel
Ménites Partly occupying an old
Ancient Mesariá mansion, this 4-star
Paleópoli
Paleókastro hotel is Ándros’s top
accommodation. Pool,
Moní on-site art gallery and
Panachrándou tennis courts comple-
ment balconied rooms,
Kórthi
most with sea views.
⌂ Hóra outskirts
∑ paradiseandros.gr
¡¡¡
0 kilometres 5 N
0 miles 5 Sýros, Ktima Lemonies
Tinos
This restored
farmhouse offers an
idyllic escape amid
instruments on display. On Museum of fruit, olive and cypress
the way back to the centre of Contemporary Art trees. The breakfast,
the town stands the church of " ⌂ Platía Kaïri § 22820 often served by the pool
Panagía Theosképasti, built in 22444 # Jun–Sep: 11am– using produce from the
1555 and dedicated to the 3pm Mon, 11am–3pm & farm and surrounds, is a
Panagía (Virgin Mary). Legend 6–9pm Wed–Sun; Oct & Apr– particular treat.
has it that when the ship May: 10am–2pm Wed–Mon; ⌂ Lamyra
delivering the wood for the Nov–Mar: 10am–2pm Tue–Sat ∑ ktimalemonies.gr
church roof arrived, the priest ¢ Main public hols ¡¡¡
could not pay for the goods –
so the ship set sail again. It ran Maritime Museum
into a storm and the crew " ⌂ Platía Ríva § 22823
prayed to Panagía for help, 22275 # 8am–10pm daily
pro mising to return the cargo ¢ Main public hols
to Ándros. The seas were gush from marble lion’s-head
calmed and the church became fountains in the leafy inland
known as Theosképasti, 2 village of Ménites, just above
meaning “sheltered by God”. Mesariá on the slopes of
Steniés, 6 km (4 miles) Mesariá Pétalo mountain.
north west of Ándros town, is ⌂ 8 km (5 miles) SW of Ménites is known for its
very beautiful and popular with Ándros town @ nightingales, its decorated
wealthy shipping families. wells and for the taverna
Below Steniés is Giália beach. From Ándros town the road overlooking a stream. From
passes through the medieval here, steps lead up to the
Archaeological Museum village of Mesariá with ruined restored church of Panagía
" ⌂ Platía Kaïri § 22820 tower-houses and the restored Koúmoulos (the Virgin of
23664 # Apr–Oct: 9am–4pm Byzantine church of Taxiárhes, Heaped Abundance), thought
Tue–Sun; Nov–Mar: 9am–4pm built by Emperor Manuel I to be built on the site of an
Fri–Sun ¢ Main public hols Komnenos in 1158. Springs ancient Temple of Dionysos.
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